feat: Add skipLoopDetection Configuration Option

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     trustedFolder,
     shouldUseNodePtyShell: settings.shouldUseNodePtyShell,
     skipNextSpeakerCheck: settings.skipNextSpeakerCheck,
+    skipLoopDetection: settings.skipLoopDetection ?? false,
   });
 }
 

packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts

@@ -604,6 +604,15 @@ export const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
     description: 'Skip the next speaker check.',
     showInDialog: true,
   },
+  skipLoopDetection: {
+    type: 'boolean',
+    label: 'Skip Loop Detection',
+    category: 'General',
+    requiresRestart: false,
+    default: false,
+    description: 'Disable all loop detection checks (streaming and LLM).',
+    showInDialog: true,
+  },
   enableWelcomeBack: {
     type: 'boolean',
     label: 'Enable Welcome Back',

packages/core/src/config/config.ts

@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ export interface ConfigParameters {
   trustedFolder?: boolean;
   shouldUseNodePtyShell?: boolean;
   skipNextSpeakerCheck?: boolean;
+  skipLoopDetection?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class Config {
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ export class Config {
   private readonly trustedFolder: boolean | undefined;
   private readonly shouldUseNodePtyShell: boolean;
   private readonly skipNextSpeakerCheck: boolean;
+  private readonly skipLoopDetection: boolean;
   private initialized: boolean = false;
 
   constructor(params: ConfigParameters) {
@@ -399,6 +401,7 @@ export class Config {
     this.trustedFolder = params.trustedFolder;
     this.shouldUseNodePtyShell = params.shouldUseNodePtyShell ?? false;
     this.skipNextSpeakerCheck = params.skipNextSpeakerCheck ?? false;
+    this.skipLoopDetection = params.skipLoopDetection ?? false;
 
     // Web search
     this.tavilyApiKey = params.tavilyApiKey;
@@ -861,6 +864,10 @@ export class Config {
     return this.skipNextSpeakerCheck;
   }
 
+  getSkipLoopDetection(): boolean {
+    return this.skipLoopDetection;
+  }
+
   async getGitService(): Promise<GitService> {
     if (!this.gitService) {
       this.gitService = new GitService(this.targetDir);

packages/core/src/core/client.test.ts

@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ describe('Gemini Client (client.ts)', () => {
       getCliVersion: vi.fn().mockReturnValue('1.0.0'),
       getChatCompression: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
       getSkipNextSpeakerCheck: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+      getSkipLoopDetection: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
     };
     const MockedConfig = vi.mocked(Config, true);
     MockedConfig.mockImplementation(
@@ -1987,6 +1988,100 @@ ${JSON.stringify(
       // Assert
       expect(mockCheckNextSpeaker).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('does not run loop checks when skipLoopDetection is true', async () => {
+      // Arrange
+      // Ensure config returns true for skipLoopDetection
+      vi.spyOn(client['config'], 'getSkipLoopDetection').mockReturnValue(true);
+
+      // Replace loop detector with spies
+      const ldMock = {
+        turnStarted: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(false),
+        addAndCheck: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+        reset: vi.fn(),
+      };
+      // @ts-expect-error override private for testing
+      client['loopDetector'] = ldMock;
+
+      const mockStream = (async function* () {
+        yield { type: 'content', value: 'Hello' };
+        yield { type: 'content', value: 'World' };
+      })();
+      mockTurnRunFn.mockReturnValue(mockStream);
+
+      const mockChat: Partial<GeminiChat> = {
+        addHistory: vi.fn(),
+        getHistory: vi.fn().mockReturnValue([]),
+      };
+      client['chat'] = mockChat as GeminiChat;
+
+      const mockGenerator: Partial<ContentGenerator> = {
+        countTokens: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ totalTokens: 0 }),
+        generateContent: mockGenerateContentFn,
+      };
+      client['contentGenerator'] = mockGenerator as ContentGenerator;
+
+      // Act
+      const stream = client.sendMessageStream(
+        [{ text: 'Hi' }],
+        new AbortController().signal,
+        'prompt-id-loop-skip',
+      );
+      for await (const _ of stream) {
+        // consume
+      }
+
+      // Assert: methods not called due to skip
+      const ld = client['loopDetector'] as unknown as {
+        turnStarted: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+        addAndCheck: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+      };
+      expect(ld.turnStarted).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(ld.addAndCheck).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('runs loop checks when skipLoopDetection is false', async () => {
+      // Arrange
+      vi.spyOn(client['config'], 'getSkipLoopDetection').mockReturnValue(false);
+
+      const turnStarted = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(false);
+      const addAndCheck = vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false);
+      const reset = vi.fn();
+      // @ts-expect-error override private for testing
+      client['loopDetector'] = { turnStarted, addAndCheck, reset };
+
+      const mockStream = (async function* () {
+        yield { type: 'content', value: 'Hello' };
+        yield { type: 'content', value: 'World' };
+      })();
+      mockTurnRunFn.mockReturnValue(mockStream);
+
+      const mockChat: Partial<GeminiChat> = {
+        addHistory: vi.fn(),
+        getHistory: vi.fn().mockReturnValue([]),
+      };
+      client['chat'] = mockChat as GeminiChat;
+
+      const mockGenerator: Partial<ContentGenerator> = {
+        countTokens: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ totalTokens: 0 }),
+        generateContent: mockGenerateContentFn,
+      };
+      client['contentGenerator'] = mockGenerator as ContentGenerator;
+
+      // Act
+      const stream = client.sendMessageStream(
+        [{ text: 'Hi' }],
+        new AbortController().signal,
+        'prompt-id-loop-run',
+      );
+      for await (const _ of stream) {
+        // consume
+      }
+
+      // Assert
+      expect(turnStarted).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(addAndCheck).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('generateContent', () => {

packages/core/src/core/client.ts

@@ -551,17 +551,21 @@ export class GeminiClient {
 
     const turn = new Turn(this.getChat(), prompt_id);
 
-    const loopDetected = await this.loopDetector.turnStarted(signal);
-    if (loopDetected) {
-      yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
-      return turn;
+    if (!this.config.getSkipLoopDetection()) {
+      const loopDetected = await this.loopDetector.turnStarted(signal);
+      if (loopDetected) {
+        yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
+        return turn;
+      }
     }
 
     const resultStream = turn.run(request, signal);
     for await (const event of resultStream) {
-      if (this.loopDetector.addAndCheck(event)) {
-        yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
-        return turn;
+      if (!this.config.getSkipLoopDetection()) {
+        if (this.loopDetector.addAndCheck(event)) {
+          yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
+          return turn;
+        }
       }
       yield event;
       if (event.type === GeminiEventType.Error) {